Tuesday, January 21, 2014

On January 19,
2014, as a part of its programs to commemorate 150 th birth anniversary of Swami
Vivekananda, Hindu Samhati organized a public meeting at the Hindu Samhati
Maidan at Jiban Mandaler Hat within the block of Joynagar in the district of South
24 Parganas. The meeting was joined by people in strength and with great enthusiasm.
The public meeting was embellished by the presence and speeches of Tapan Ghosh
(president, Hindu Samhati), Bikarna Naskar, Sourav Sasmal, Santanu Basak, Sanjay Sardar and others.

While several speakers, citing many ominous episodes, cautioned
Hindus of the imminent danger and also accentuated the need of Hindu unity,
Bikarna Naskar commenced his speech through the portrayal of brutality against
Hindus in the state. The depiction of Hindu persecution at Naliakhali in
Canning on February 19, 2013 shocked the gathering. He also went on describing harrowing
incidents of bashing Hindus and how this precarious strategy has been expanding
its sinister tentacles across the state. Bikarna Naskar also recounted the
tragic incident of Krishna Banik in Kaltala nearby and how this innocent Hindu
girl was outraged by minority students before her husband. But police declined
to recognize this outrageous incident fearing political pressure. The excruciating
incident of attacking Hindus at Sandeshkhali and Sarberia while returning from
Kolkata on August 16, 2013 and the role of vicious kingpins including Shahjahan
Sheikh and Shahjahan Gazi in this context were also found in his scathing speech.
On the word of him, due to wild assaults 23 houses of Hindus were burnt down
while Sulata Ghosh, a Hindu housewife in the village, was literally molested by
a group of attackers (Muslim by religion) and was left with one garment only. Tapas
Naskar, an impeccant Hindu youth in the locality, was shot leading to a reign
of terror. He also mentioned the spate in religious violence against Hindus of
late and the wave of onslaughts at Panchla in Howrah due to celebration of
Viswa Navi Divas or World Navi Day on January 14, 2014. Terming the madrasa
education as the gravest source behind mounting Jihadi terrorism in the globe,
he asked Muslims to send their wards to government’s schools for a better
education and life.

Bikarna Naskar also censured the euphoria of Hindu-Muslim harmony
severely and dubbed it as a fantastic ploy to hoodwink Hindus altogether. In his
support, he cited several references of Dr. Zakir Naik, well-known Muslim theologian
and televangelist, where the Islamic pundit had stated clearly of the supremacy
of Islam worldwide and thus negated any equality between Hinduism and Islam. He
ended his speech by inviting all to the upcoming annual anniversary of Hindu Samhati
on February 14 in Kolkata.

Tapan Ghosh initiated his speech by describing briefly Practical
Vedanta as contrived by Swami Vivekananda and also how the same has been defiled
through the saga of social service. He explained that social service had never
been the ideal of Swami. It had been commenced by Swami Akhandananda at Sargachi,
the first branch center of Ramakrishna
Mission, in the district of Murshidabad. The initiative
earned high appreciation of his fellow disciple Swami Vivekananda but he never participated
in any such activity. The principal mantra in his life was Advaita Vedanta but
his plans for India were different. This view manifested best during his short
visit to Dhaka in 1901. A few Bengali Hindu youths visited him and his spine-tingling
influence helped them to initiate a new chapter in Indian history –
revolutionary movement in Bengal through two premier organizations, Anushilan
Samiti and Jugantar. These two epochal groups rocked the foundation of British
Empire. Revolutionaries used to keep Srimad Bhagavad Gita and Swadesh Chinta by Swami Vivekananda simultaneously.
All these prove that Swamiji’s thrust was the gospel of sacrifice and not social
service. But glaring sacrifices of revolutionaries
couldn’t preclude the ill-fated partition that happened to gratify demands of
Muslims despite remaining absent in the national freedom movement. In pre-1947
Bengal, Muslims comprised 54% of the population while Hindus formed the
remaining 46% but none can distinguish names of 5 Muslim revolutionaries even. But
there is no end to demands of reservations for Muslims these days; albeit there
have been many already, new demands are in full action. Muslims enjoy 100% reservations
in neighboring Bangladesh but their lust for more never ends and hence, Bengal is
the target.

Criminating nefarious roles
of secular leaders who fled Bangladesh (then East Pakistan) for lives including
Jyoti Basu, Sibdas Ghosh and Mamata Banerjee, Tapan Ghosh explicated the mounting
peril for Hindus and in this context, he cited the Hindu persecution at nearby Dhaki Bazar in Kultali where almost 70 shops of Hindus
were captured by Muslim fanatics on January 1, 2014. Bengal government had announced
Rs. 2 lakh as compensation for each Muslim individual who died in hooch tragedy
in 2011 but in this case it remained secretive. he also noted the difference
between madrasas, mosques and temples. While the former institutions remain
proactive always and leave no stone unturned to exploit any issue for own
advantage, Hindu institutions, under the auspices of fake Vaishnavas, remain
despicable. According to him, these Vaishnavas are the greatest curse to Hindu
Dharma; their iniquity mislead Hindus or else Lord Krishna, known for extinguishing
his opponents including Kansa, Shisuhpala, would not have been worshipped as an
embodiment of peace and tranquility only. In this way, they are disrespecting
ideals of Sri Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu or emblem of Hindu aspirations to wrest
freedom from Islamic clutches as well.

He reminded Hindus the necessity
to struggle or they would become refugees once more and there is no free terrain
for them. Tapan Ghosh ended the speech by inviting Hindus to the forthcoming rally
of Hindu Samhati on February 14 in Kolkata.

Hindu Samhati regularly
monitors and reports violations against Hindus in West Bengal. We also work
with both governmental and NGO agencies for proper education on protection and
ensure remedies to the Hindu populace as per prevailing law of the land.